From: Sierra “Not everyone is excited about the prospect of Vela heading the agency. Some environmental watchdogs are concerned about Vela’s track record on wilderness management, transparency, and park planning. And Vela is facing tough questions from the American Civil Liberties ...

From: Wired “Capitol Hill observers and advocacy groups, however, say it’s not clear that a more science-friendly House will result in any new legislation getting passed or in stopping Cabinet heads that report to President Trump. “The attempt to embarrass the Trump White House ...

From: KFSK “Petersburg’s borough assembly Monday voted to send a letter to the chief of the U.S. Forest Service asking the federal agency to fix problems with oversight and administration of timber sales on the Tongass National Forest. Area residents who have been pushing the municipal ...

From: Wyoming Public Media “An agency spokesperson wouldn’t comment on why she is being investigated. But Lehnertz is being temporarily replaced by Woody Smeck, current superintendent of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, on November 11th. “That suggests that the investigation ...

From: E&E News “Job satisfaction at the Chemical Safety Board has declined again after a brief turnaround under the leadership of former Chairwoman Vanessa Allen Sutherland, leading government watchdogs to question the management of the long-troubled agency. Sixty-one of 72 questions ...

From: E&E News “In the past, EPA has used a “screening threshold” of 1 percent of the standard, which in this case equates to 0.7 ppb, Peter Tsirigotis, head of EPA’s Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, wrote in the memo. But in examining other options, ...

From: The Daily Caller “Obama administration appointees are “working toward a union takeover” of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB), two sources familiar with the matter told The Daily Caller News Foundation. CSB board members are expected to vote an Obama administration appointee ...

From: CNN “The Environmental Protection Agency has quietly signaled it may allow states to release more ozone air pollution, commonly known as smog, dirtying the air in those states and neighboring ones, but the agency did not review the health impact of such a move. The Trump ...

From: Bloomberg Environment “Leaders at a small federal agency that probes major industrial disasters Oct. 31 scrapped an unusual closed-door meeting that had been announced with little notice. The closed meeting—thought to be the first in the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard ...

From: JD Supra “PEER’s October 29th Overfile Request states that Venice operates a wastewater discharge facility (“Facility”) pursuant to an NPDES permit. The Facility is stated to be a major discharger whose effluent reaches two waterbodies that are Class III fresh waterbodies as ...

From: Tampa Bay Times “But his campaign for the U.S. Senate seat held by incumbent Bill Nelson has been haunted by scenes of environmental disaster from around the state: Gulf and Atlantic beaches covered with dead marine life thanks to Red Tide. Lake Okeechobee erupting with massive ...

From: Outside Online “Nearly two years into the Trump administration, the DOI, for instance, has nearly as many of these vacant positions that must be appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate (eight), as it has filled (nine). And there is currently no nominee for seven of ...

From: Outside “Erosions of public input about decisions on public lands aren’t new. They also occurred under the Obama administration, says Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). But Ruch and other watchdogs say the trend has been ...

From: Bloomberg Environment “Investigators at a small federal agency that examine major industrial disasters are focusing on the most relevant safety recommendations—a change from past practice, an agency official said Oct. 23. The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, ...

From: KFSK “The timber sale problems were highlighted by the group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, or PEER, a nationwide watchdog group based in Silver Spring, Maryland. PEER published the 2016 Forest Service review of the sales and sued the agency for documents ...

From: S&P Global “Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, or PEER, found that the statements “stand in contrast to published research and conclusions of the EPA” and therefore submitted a request under the Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, for the EPA to ...

From: Inside NoVa “In 2013, the EPA retracted its prior safety assurances about of rubber tire turf fields, according to PEER. PEER became involved in the issue after an EPA toxicologist enlisted the nonprofit’s help in urging the agency to perform a risk assessment, Jeff Ruch, ...

From: Ocala Star Banner “On the environment, Scott says “look over there,” stating that Nelson has not done enough at the federal level to solve Florida’s environmental problems. But what did “Red Tide” Rick do? He has presided over major repeals of environmental protections ...

From: AZ Family “Before recruits are given a badge, they must pass both law enforcement training, as well as certain survival skills. Should a particularly dangerous call come in, dispatchers are required to check-in with a ranger every few minutes. For their part, Rangers are also ...

From: Government Executive “Nineteen months after it received a nonprofit’s Freedom of Information Act request, the Environmental Protection Agency has responded with a small batch documents that seem to undercut former Administrator Scott Pruitt’s hint of internal agency studies ...